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Batting first, Mumbai had set a huge target of 235 runs for DC. Delhi captain Rishabh Pant, who came to bat at the beginning of the 16th over in this match, was out after scoring only one run and the Capitals could only manage 205/8 after playing 20 overs and lost the match by 29 runs.
Speaking on Delhi Capitals’ run chase in a video shared on his YouTube channel, Chopra said that Pant should have batted at No. 3. They said that, “You rarely succeed in chasing a target of 234 runs. However, he fought hard. Here I have a question. Prithvi Shaw was playing well. David Warner was out – no problem.
However, who came to bat at no. 3 – Abhishek Porel. Nothing against the kid, he is very good, he once gave away 25 runs to Harshal Patel in the last over, but this was in Rishabh Pant’s place.”
The former opener further said, “Rishabh Pant should have come. why did not you come? You didn’t give yourself time. Abhishek Porel did whatever he could. He was running close to a strike rate of 150, which is not a bad result, but you were chasing 234, here you should have sent the best batsman.
In the same video, Aakash Chopra praised Bumrah for taking important wickets and bowling very economically. They said that, “Prithvi Shaw batted well and they needed Jasprit Bumrah to get Prithvi Shaw out. Boom Boom is in a different league. In such matches, when you are defending the score, you feel that it is not a 20-over match because Bumrah does not score runs in four overs.”
